I have been enjoying the FREE TRIAL of Civilization: Beyond Earth via Steam. It's a decent game but a little low with features and depth. Currently it's $29.99 until Monday. Not sure if I am going to pick it up though.
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I have been enjoying the FREE TRIAL of Civilization: Beyond Earth via Steam. It's a decent game but a little low with features and depth. Currently it's $29.99 until Monday. Not sure if I am going to pick it up though.
Anyone else getting an error/issue through Origin that their e-mail is invalid?
The only EA game I have played in last few days is NBA LIVE 15 and at start-up I kept getting message that my e-mail is invalid. I would skip through instead of entering in a new e-mail. Today when checking OD status, the website indicated I had 'bad credentials.' Heading to Origin for support help was also not letting me sign in, but after going through the Ticket Support area, the sign-in there worked. From there, my account did not look compromised, but it was indicating the e-mail was not verified. I had it resend the verification e-mail and I am hoping that addressed the issue as I can now sign into OD site again. I'll need to play LIVE or some other EA title to see if it tells me the same error message at start-up.
I bought Civ V before Christmas when Steam was having a super 75% off sale. I've messed with it some, it's one of those games that really takes a lot of time but it is very in-depth and seems very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
Have you played Civ V? Can you offer a comparison to Beyond Earth? I think the new one looks good, just not sure if there would be a huge difference?
EDIT: after reading reviews online, it seems like a similar pattern, when Civ V came out everyone liked Civ IV better, then over time as new DLC came out and Civ V became more complete people liked Civ V better. Now in reading the reviews it seems like a similar story, they all say Civ BE looks great but it's not complete yet and it's lacking in areas that Civ V has more content. Then they all seem to say when you're comparing the two and comparing what you get for the price Civ V is a no brainer. They seem to say Civ BE will be worth it later down the road when they have more DLC but as of now Civ V (complete edition) seems to be the hands down version. The Civ V complete edition which I assume includes ALL the DLC and everything extra is on sale 75% off for this weekend. You can get what seems to get really great reviews for only $12.49.
On Steam's site it seems like Civ BE gets "mixed reviews" and Civ V has "overwhelming positive", plus in a few reviews I read on Civ BE they said they were not able to fight or have war (or there was very little fighting/war), on Civ V there seems to be chance to fight and have war with other colonies quite often.
I just need to crap more time so I can put time and effort into Civ V.
I got a similar error over the holidays when Origin was having issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
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Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
Personally I love Civ V. With all the DLC I think it's the best of the series. I have sunk a lot of hours into that game. It has a lot more depth and features than Beyond Earth. However, the game though still enjoyable has begun to get a little too repetitive as essentially it has been the same game forover a decade. What is great about Beyond Earth is that it is a fresh new idea. The game is fun but at this point it has minimal depth.
PROS:
-original concept
-tech tree
-aliens
-very cool worlds/maps
-unique civilizations
-unique units and buildings
CONS:
-only like 8 civilizations to choose from
-repetitive attacks by aliens
-very questionable AI decisions
-fairly low level graphics
-maximum turn limit built into the game (you cannot play past a certain # of turns)
-very weak diplomacy options
While I like the game my concern is that it will get very dull very quick as there is so little depth. I also suspect that the game will gouge its owners with DLC as so many features from V are not in Beyond Earth. If money isn't an option, by all means I recommend it. However, I think it may be best to wait until maybe the Steam summer sale and see what type of DLC has been added by then.
Did you have to do anything to rectify it? After the verification e-mail things seem to be working just fine again here.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
IGN - Resident Evil HD Remaster: 8/10
I pre-ordered this one. One of my favorites from the PS1 days.
No, in my case it was just a problem on the server side, I didn't have to fix anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Playing Resident Evil's remake on PS4 reminds me of a time when you couldn't just save your progress anytime anywhere :D
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Originally Posted by jaymo76
I fired up Civ V last night around 9PM, it was really my first time sitting down with the game, I did the first tutorial and I was up until Midnight! The game is very very cool, if you like building things, managing things, telling your warriors or archers to beat the heck outta the barbarians, then this game is for you.
It seems like Sim City, plus Anno 1701, plus Total War. It seems like a great mixture of all those strategy games.
The only thing I couldn't figure out how to do was save my progress, I assumed this was b/c it was the tutorial. After 3 hours of playing and having worked all day I was getting tired, I didn't look all over the menus to find a save game option, but that's no big deal. This game is very fun. I will definitely keep an eye open for the Beyond Earth edition.
Keep your eye out for this too: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/fir.../1100-6424728/Quote:
Originally Posted by gigemaggs99
It looks like we're heading towards Kotaku & Polygon being the only major game media sites left standing. :smh:
IGN going under?Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Knew I forgot some, but still....I prefer Joystiq over Kotaku & Polygon, for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
Kotaku & Polygon are utter trash.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Time for TGT to step up and fill the void and make that cash money as the best gaming site on the planet. I for one will be looking for a new job here in about 5 months. :nod:
Have your wife buy us some traffic :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CLW
#1 you gotta make content to get that traffic yo.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
#2 the offer :Indiana: is going to make her we may have enough $ to spread the wealth around a bit. :nod:
http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/content.phpQuote:
Originally Posted by CLW
I see 5 articles in the past week. Buy us contacts at gaming companies while you're at it too.
I'll see what I can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I call dibs on Canadian correspondent to TGT!
Ram calls dibs on resident sock fetishist and all around nutjob.
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I hope you're going to keep that a secret from Ram. It might send him into a fit and cause him to damage mother's basement.Quote:
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On the other hand, I do look forward to some interesting scripts to read. Has anyone gotten a hold of this weekend's Super Bowl script? I'm interested to see how it ends.
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How it ends? I need to know the beginning so I can make some prop bets.Quote:
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Take the OVER on the National Anthem. :nod:Quote:
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Screenshot from H1Z1. I'll buy a bike if this happens :D
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FwbO_QlwIY
Dear God they are going to dumb these games down further?
So, I have made my first foray into gaming headsets. Normally I would just use what headsets came with the system, I don't use headsets often enough, only when specific friends are online and we jump into party chat.
But, my old 360 headset died two weeks ago, my mic still worked but the earphone was dead, I couldn't hear shit from it, something with the cable. I was out looking for a new headset and could either get the standard 360 headset for $15 or $20. Or spend a little extra on a pair of Turtle Beach X12s.
I'm sure there are other versions of Turtle Beach headsets or even better brands than Turtle Beach (not sure as I don't really keep track of headsets), but I have to say, I'm loving being able to pipe the game sound into my headset. I'm hearing a ton more things through my headset then I ever have or did through my TV.
For my first purchase of a non plain old vanilla headset, I'm happy. The price point was low enough that even if these end up going to crap early, I won't be too upset, but I also can dip my feet into the headset market, know what to expect in terms of sound or controls and can look at a higher quality (and likely more expensive) headset down the road for my PS4 and One.
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Yeah it's crazy what you hear. I have a cheap pair too but just playing football you can hear players calling shit out and more on the field sounds
Yeah they are great to have. However, I find with football/sports, after about 1.5- 2 hours I start to get a headache so I need to take them off.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Yeah, I'm sure there are probably better quality headsets out there, but considering it was for my 360 and I've never bought an actual full blown gaming headset before, I certainly wasn't spending $100 or $150+ on a headset. $45-$50 was a good enough price range for me to not be too upset if these things up end going to crap early. At least now I know what to expect and I know I'll be able to hook a headset up and not have any problems.Quote:
Originally Posted by psuexv
I haven't used them in NCAA yet, but using them in a quick game of COD, my god, I know why I would always get killed so easily. You can clear as day hear the footsteps of anyone running nearby, making them easy targets to mow down. Even for being a "cheap" headset, I'm sold! :D
Yeah, I'll have to see how it is for me. I've only had them on maybe an hour at a time, I haven't gone on multiple hour stretches yet with them, so I guess I'll find out eventually when I fire up a game of NCAA.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaymo76
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Yeah I LOVE my Astro A40s. You hear so..... much more with quality headsets than you do with normal speakers
Damn! Yeah, $200 on a headset is a little much for me at the moment. :D $50 Turtle Beach X12s will more than suffice for my 360 needs.
I'm assuming the Astro A40s are high level quality headsets. I'll have to do some deeper research into headsets when I eventually buy a pair for my PS4/One.
#TheScriptIsDead
Biggest problem I had with my Turtle Beach headset is that there was a hiss to the headset no matter what I did, even when sound wasn't coming through. Are you having anything like that Smooth? I wasn't sure if it was my setup or just a normal problem with that line of headsets (the specific one I had, that is).
I only get a little hissing in the headset when I have the chat volume turned up. If I turn chat volume down (if I'm not in a party with anyone) and only have game volume turned up, it sounds great. No hissing that I can tell of. That was one thing I have heard about with Turtle Beach, that there can be a hissing, another reason why I stayed a bit on the cheap side for my first headset purchase.
I wasn't about to go $100+ on some random headset. When I buy a headset for my One and PS4 (I definitely can't go back to just the standard headset that comes in the box now after experiencing these things), I'll have to do some in-depth research and get any opinions you guys have of certain brands and versions.
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As I recall IOU was the one that turned me on to the Astros (go figure) - I think he had A40s then and has now upgraded to the A50s (wireless). I have never purchased another gaming headset so I cannot compare brands but I think the "consensus" is that Astro makes one of if not the best quality headset for gaming.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
They are comfortable on my head for hours at a time and the sound is outstanding.